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ESO3: Present Simple exercises

Here you have some exercises for practising the Present Simple structures. Revise the chart:

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I go

I don't go

Do I go ?

You go

You don't go

Do you go ?

He goes

He doesn't go

Does he go ?

She goes

She doesn't go

Does she go ?

It goes

It doesn't go

Does it go ?

We go

We don't go

Do we go ?

You go

You don't go

Do you go ?

They go

They don't go

Do they go ?

We usually find it with epressions such as: often - generally - usually - always - neverevery day - every week - every month - every year - sometimes
Remember we use it for habitual actions, universal truths, and 'permanent' situations, for example:

a) I usually go to school by bus. (Habitual action)
b) Water boils at 100ºC. (Universal truth)
c) I live in London.

Structure: subject + verb (base form)

I play football.
You play tennis.
We study here.
They work there.

LOOK! The alarm sounds in the 3rd person singular:

Affirmative: He PLAYS football.
Negative: He DOESN'T play football.
Question: DOES he play football?

Notice that we in the negative, questions, or after modal verbs (can, must...) we don't use the -s at the end:

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